Four Pak players qualify for ITF Futures main round

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Saqib Hayat, Yousuf Khalil, Mohammad Shoaib and Heera Aashiq qualified for the main round of the $15,000 ITF Futures (F-2) at the PTF Complex in Islamabad on Sunday.

Heera defeated Filip Fichtel of Germany 6-3, 6-2, Saqib won against Kamil Ahmed 7-5, 6-4, Yousuf thrashed Fahad Mehmood 6-1, 6-3, and Shoaib overpowered Abdaal Haider 6-3, 7-5 in the final qualifying round.Shonigmation Shofayziyev from Uzbekistan also qualified for the main round after smashing Barkat Khan 6-2, 6-2.